Vernon Garrett is a gravel-voiced soul journeyman, recording from the '60s until the present, never striking gold but always cutting soulful and often great sides. I Made My Own World is a collection of his work from the 1960s (with a track or three from the '70s, too), both on his own and as a duo with his wife, Jewel. His best-known track is the lush, aching "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time" from 1966. The version Kent uses here is an alternate take featuring a slightly different...   [ read more ]

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'Although he has been most often compared to guitarists like Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges, the guitarist Richard Leo Johnson most resembles on The Legend of Vernon McAlister, his second album for Cuneiform Records, is John Fahey, and like Fahey, he takes on a persona here in crafting this tightly knit cycle of guitar pieces. The entire sequence was recorded in Johnson's attic studio in Savannah, GA, on a 1930s single resonator National Steel guitar. The guitar had been the gift from a friend, and when Jo...   [ read more ]

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A seriously expanded version of the original. Tapestry of Delights! This is a completely revised and updated version of a book originally published in 1995, when it was nominated as the 4th Best Music Book of '95 by Record Collector and described as an 'impressive 600 page job that includes more across the board info than most rock encyclopedias' by Q Magazine. Since then many entries have been rewritten, more have been added and all have been updated to include relevant releases since 1995. This perfect b...   [ read more ]

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